A New History of the Future in 100 Objects: A Fiction,Used

A New History of the Future in 100 Objects: A Fiction,Used

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Imagining the history of the twentyfirst century through its artifacts, from silent messaging systems to artificial worlds on asteroids.In the year 2082, a curator looks back at the twentyfirst century, offering a history of the era through a series of objects and artifacts. He reminisces about the power of connectivity, which was reinforced by such technologies as silent messagingwearable computers that relay subvocal communication; recalls the Fourth Great Awakening, when a regimen of pills could make someone virtuous; and notes disapprovingly the use of locked interrogation, which delivers enhanced interrogation simulations via virtual reality. The unnamed curator quotes from a selfhelp guide to making friends with posthumans, describes the establishment of artificial worlds on asteroids, and recounts prodemocracy movements in epistocratic states. In A New History of the Future in 100 Objects, Adrian Hon constructs a possible future by imagining the things it might leave in its wake.Many of these things are just an update or two away: improved ankle monitors, for example, and deliverbots. Others may be the logical conclusions of current trendsdownvote networks that identify and erase undesirables, and Glyphish, an emoticonbased language that supersedes the written word. More benign are Braid Collective, which provides financial support for artists, and Rechartered Cities, which invites immigrants to revitalize urban areas hollowed out by changing demographics. With this engaging and ingenious work, Hon leads the way into an imagined future while offering readers a new perspective on the present.

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